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Banking, SSC and Insurance aspirants can now read the Important General Awareness in PDF. Here is an update containing all the important current affairs for 6th October 2017. You can download the Important Current Affairs 7th October 2017 with pdf capsule too.

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Pradhanmantri Grameen Digital Saksharata Abhiyan is an integral component of Digital India Initiative of the Government.

The scheme envisage to make 6 crore citizens digitally literate in rural India.

‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2017’

The “Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) – 2017” will be held from 7th to 9th October, 2017 in India’s 1st World Heritage City i.e Ahmadabad, Gujarat.

Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav was conceived by the Ministry of Culture in the year 2015.

Its intent is to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the Country in all its rich and varied dimensions, all in one place.

Purushottam Lal Kaushik Passes Away

Former Union minister and socialist leader Purushottam Lal Kaushik died due to age-related ailments. He was 87.

He had served as tourism and civil aviation minister in the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai’s cabinet during 1977- 1979.

He headed the Information and Broadcasting Ministry in the then Prime Minister Charan Singh’s cabinet during July 1979-January 1980.

First Online Property Bidding Platform

Magicbricks announced the launch of India’s first online bidding platform, ‘My Bid, My Home’ for residential and commercial properties.

It tied-up with leading developer ‘Magnificence in the Trinity Of Men, Materials & Money’ (M3M) for the platform.

Using this customers can bid for ready-to-move-in residential properties ranging from 1355 sqft to 7875 sqft in Gurugram from Oct 7, 2017.

Flipkart launches private label brand

Flipkart has launched ‘MarQ’, a new private label brand for its key large appliances category.

This has been done in a move expands Flipkart’s self-branded offerings on its marketplace.

Flipkart’s told that the prices of the big appliances under its private label would be 15-20% lower than the other leading brands on the e-commerce website such as Samsung, Whirlpool, Panasonic and LG.

Adobe invests in Aadhaar’s ‘e-sign’

Adobe announced investment on integration of Aadhaar-based authentication in its e-signature solution “Adobe Sign” on 4thOct.2017.

The market for e-signatures in India is growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 57%.

“Adobe Sign” is aimed at helping organizations to eliminate their dependency on wet signatures and allow digital validation of users’ legal identity.

IFC invests $76 mn in masala bond

The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has invested USD76 million in 5 years in masala bond of Fullerton India Credit Company.

IFC is using masala bonds to support companies in diversifying their funding sources, thus expanding a newly opened market to attract private investment.

IFC helped create the masala bond market through its own first issuance in November 2014.

Amendments in IBBI norms

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board announced that it has amended the rules for information utilities, providing more leeway for setting up such entities.

Now, a listed Indian company can hold up to 100% stake in an information utility, which stores financial information that helps to establish defaults and verify claims expeditiously.

Amendments have been made effective from 29th September.

India-Australia meeting held

The first meeting of India-Australia Joint Steering Committee was held in New Delhi.

This meeting is a follow-up to the MoU on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime between India and Australia.

The two sides agreed to pursue further the agenda for cooperation in specific areas with meetings of operational Joint Working Groups.

India, EU hold 14th summit talks

The 14th India-EU Summit 2017 was held in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the top leadership of the European Union deliberated on a range of key issues to boost overall ties between India and the 28-nation bloc.

It aims to deepen the India-EU strategic partnership and advance collaboration for India’s growth and development. 13th summit was held in Brussels in March 30 last year.

MoU to Boost Culture and Tourism

A MoU was signed by Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya under the ‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’ programme, to boost cultural ties.

This MoU aims to enhance cultural relationship between these 3 states.

As per this programme, each year a state and a union territory would be paired with another for interaction between their people and knowing each other’s culture and heritage.

Modi’s temple to be built in Meerut

Follower and supporter of PM Narendra Modi, J.P.Singh, announced that, a temple is to be built in honour of PM Narendra Modi in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

The temple will have a 100 ft statue of Modi.

Other temples built in India for politicians and celebrities are Temple for Sonia Gandhi in Telangana, Temple for Sachin Tendulkar in Bihar and Temple for Amitabh Bachchan in Kolkata.

ASEAN India Music Festival

Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with Ministry of Culture and Seher presents the first ever ASEAN-India Music Festival from October 6th-8th 2017 at Purana Quila in Delhi.

It is being organised to celebrate the 25th year anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations.

The Music Festival will witness eclectic performances by musicians of 10 enigmatic bands from ASEAN member states.

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